British Airways in legal challenge to strike 
BBC – 15/12/2009
British Airways PLC says it is seeking a court injunction to stop the planned strike by cabin staff after the Unite union ignored a 2 p.m. deadline to call off the proposed 12-day strike. The strike is due to take place over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
BA says it has written to the Unite union outlining “irregularities” in its ballot of workers, which it says makes the vote invalid.
Unite issued a press release (“BA cabin crew vote nine to one for strike action”) on 14th December announcing that its members working for British Airways returned an overwhelming vote in favour of strike action over changes to terms and conditions. The twelve-day strike is due to commence on 22 December 2009. It is mainly in response to a proposal to cut by one the number of cabin staff on long haul flights. The union says that the proposed changes also mean the abandonment of long-standing collective agreements concerning allowances and working practices.
Making the strike announcement, Unite assistant general secretary Len McCluskey said: “It goes without saying that we have taken the decision to disrupt passengers and customers over the Christmas period with a heavy heart. We sincerely hope that the strength of this vote will make BA think again and talk in earnest with us about how this disruption can be averted.”
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